anyone want to bet they are going to start requiring subway tracks in all cities, not just New York, to be deep enough to hold at least 1-2 people safely below a passing train in case anyone else falls into the tracks and can't get out of the way of a train? They always do things like that in these situations. #1 question--how can we prevent someone from getting killed by a train if they fall or jump into the tracks in the future?
--- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > don't think the guy who fell in the tracks and was rescued by Wesley > Autry had anorexia. Also no history of seizures, apparently. That's > scary, to know they could strike any time, to anyone, for any reason > or no reason. I saw Mr. Autry on Letterman last night. He was cool, > in multiple senses of the word. > > --- In [email protected], "Hannah Robinson" > <hjrobinson@> wrote: > > > > Seems a little fishy to me. I mean, the MTA doesn't keep records, > and > > they only interviewed one technician who said that the fainter's > > 'topped' all the other options (though I'm assuming as a plurality > and > > not a majority of the sick passengers). Dunno, just sounds like a > > conversation in a bar turned into an article for the AP. And I just > > noted the sub headline, "Passengers ill from not eating are a top > > reason for disruptions, study finds" which is not what the article > > says at all. > > > > Which, of course, is not to imply that nobody's fainting of anorexia > > in the New York subways and thus inconveniencing passengers (though > > I'm fairly certain I'd be more pissed off by the interruption due to > > hangover than the fainter.) And Lord knows, nothing's funnier than > > people starving from mental illness, but somehow this article does > not > > seem like a good jumping pad for the discussion. > > > > On 1/5/07, James <ttlsccr@> wrote: > > > Speaking of anorexia, you know you've become humor-starved when > you're > > > disappointed that John Kelly's chat won't display correctly. > It's much > > > like the feeling of being unable to download Freebird. You don't > know > > > exactly why you care, but you do. I mean, Freebird makes me want > to > > > throw up. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" > <ellengoodman6@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16444534/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
